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NR451 RN Capstone

Week 1 Discussion

Our Care Culture

This week's graded topic relates to the following Course Outcome (CO).

CO 1: Applies principles of nursing, theories, and the care philosophies to self, colleagues, individuals, families, aggregates and communities throughout the healthcare system. (PO 1)

Discussion Questions

Care expressed and practiced in professional nursing models provides a way of looking at the nursing role from the aspect of care. It may seem excessive to consider aspects of caring and compassion in nursing. However, precisely because it IS nursing makes it crucial to our continual progress of defining and upholding one of our central professional principles.

Address each of these items:

Reflect on a caring and compassionate experience with a patient or family encountered in your practice.

How was your compassion demonstrated?

How does your thinking about compassion expand to include self and colleagues?

Reflect on the iCARE Self-Assessment and share an insight related to this discussion.

Please complete the iCARE Self-AssessmentLinks to an external site. and download for your own use and information. The self-assessment is not a graded item.

 

NR451 RN Capstone

Week 3 Discussion

Resilience and Change

This week's graded topic relates to the following Course Outcome (CO).

CO 4: Integrates clinical nursing judgment using effective communication strategies with patients, colleagues, and other healthcare providers. (PO 4)

Preparing the Discussion

Discussions are designed to promote dialogue between faculty and students, and students and their peers. In discussions students:

Demonstrate understanding of concepts for the week

Integrate outside scholarly sources when required

Engage in meaningful dialogue with classmates and/or instructor

Express opinions clearly and logically, in a professional manner

Use the rubric on this page as you compose your answers.

Best Practices include:

Participation early in the week is encouraged to stimulate meaningful discussion among classmates and instructor.

Enter the discussion often during the week to read and learn from posts.

Select different classmates for your reply each week.

 Discussion Questions

Change is part of our daily healthcare environment. Clinical nursing judgments based on quality and safety, as well as protocols and standards, reflect our patient-centered care values.

What steps could you take to develop more resilience in your practice setting?

How might you communicate a change in practice to patients and nursing peers?

 

NR451 RN Capstone

Week 4 Discussion

Advocacy and Cultural Competence

This week's graded topic relates to the following Course Outcome (CO).

CO 6: Plans clinical practice activities that integrate professional nursing standards in accordance with the Nursing Code of Ethics and the ANA standards of practice (PO 6).

Total Points Possible: 50

Preparing the Discussion

Discussions are designed to promote dialogue between faculty and students, and students and their peers. In discussions students:

Demonstrate understanding of concepts for the week

Integrate outside scholarly sources when required

Engage in meaningful dialogue with classmates and/or instructor

Express opinions clearly and logically, in a professional manner

Use the rubric on this page as you compose your answers.

Best Practices include:

Participation early in the week is encouraged to stimulate meaningful discussion among classmates and instructor.

Enter the discussion often during the week to read and learn from posts.

Select different classmates for your reply each week.

 Discussion Questions

Go to the National Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services StandardsLinks to an external site. website.

View the National Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services Standards (CLAS) categories aimed at equity and quality care (HHS, n.d.). Notice how these standards overlap with many of the expectations and standards in professional nursing practice!

In what ways are you and your peers using these standards in your areas of nursing practice?

Discuss one nursing action you might incorporate to improve cultural competence in your organization.

 

NR451 RN Capstone

Week 5 Discussion

Interprofessional Collaboration

Purpose

CO7: Integrates the professional role of leader, teacher, communicator, and manager of care to plan cost-effective, quality healthcare to consumers in structured and unstructured settings. (PO#7)

Directions

Discussions are designed to promote dialogue between faculty and students, and students and their peers. In discussions students:

Preparing the Discussion

Discussions are designed to promote dialogue between faculty and students, and students and their peers. In discussions students:

Demonstrate understanding of concepts for the week

Integrate outside scholarly sources when required

Engage in meaningful dialogue with classmates and/or instructor

Express opinions clearly and logically, in a professional manner

Use the rubric on this page as you compose your answers.

Best Practices include:

Participation early in the week is encouraged to stimulate meaningful discussion among classmates and instructor.

Enter the discussion often during the week to read and learn from posts.

Select different classmates for your reply each week.

 Discussion Questions

Planning for our patients during times of transitions (for example: hospital to home, home to rehabilitation facility) involves collaboration with a number of healthcare professionals. Please address the following questions:

How does your facility promote interprofessional collaboration during times of patient transitions?

What is the role of the nurse in patient transitions?

What gaps can you identify in this process related to quality of care? (If you are not currently in practice, please use a previous role or clinical experience in your answers.)

 

NR451 RN Capstone

Week 6 Discussion

Transformational Leadership

Purpose

This week's graded topic relates to the following Course Outcome (CO).

CO 2: Proposes leadership and collaboration strategies for use with consumers and other healthcare providers in managing care and/or delegating responsibilities for health promotion, illness prevention, health restoration and maintenance, and rehabilitative activities. (PO 2)

CO 5:  Develops a plan for continued personal and professional development through enrollment in graduate education, continuing education programs, certification attainment, professional reading and participation in professional organizations and service to the community.  (PO 5)Due Date

Total Points Possible

This assignment is worth 50 points.

Preparing the Assignment

Discussions are designed to promote dialogue between faculty and students, and students and their peers. In discussions students:

Demonstrate understanding of concepts for the week

Integrate outside scholarly sources when required

Engage in meaningful dialogue with classmates and/or instructor

Express opinions clearly and logically, in a professional manner

Use the rubric on this page as you compose your answers.

Best Practices include:

Participation early in the week is encouraged to stimulate meaningful discussion among classmates and instructor.

Enter the discussion often during the week to read and learn from posts.

Select different classmates for your reply each week.

 Discussion Questions

Transformational leaders influence those around them and therefore have the potential to alter the culture of a unit or organization. Effective nurse leaders consider continuing education and development an essential part of professional nursing. Please address the following topics:

What professional nursing organizations are you interested in or currently participate in?

What nursing certifications or continuing education (graduate degree) might fit into your future plans?

Regarding your own transformational leadership skills, what aspect of the TEACH values discussed in the lesson do you think would most benefit your work environment if adopted? As a transformational leader, what action could you take to incorporate this chosen TEACH value into the work environment?

 

NR451 RN Capstone

Week 7 Discussion

CDC Wonder

Purpose

This week's graded topic relates to the following Course Outcome:

CO 8: Selects evidence for best practices when planning professional nursing care involving systems, processes, and devices for individuals, families, aggregates and communities. (PO 8)

Total Points Possible: 50

Preparing the Discussion

Discussions are designed to promote dialogue between faculty and students, and students and their peers. In discussions students:

Demonstrate understanding of concepts for the week

Integrate outside scholarly sources when required

Engage in meaningful dialogue with classmates and/or instructor

Express opinions clearly and logically, in a professional manner

Use the rubric on this page as you compose your answers.

Best Practices include:

Participation early in the week is encouraged to stimulate meaningful discussion among classmates and instructor.

Enter the discussion often during the week to read and learn from posts.

Select different classmates for your reply each week.

 Discussion Questions

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Informatics and Surveillance website contains a number of resources nurses could innovatively incorporate in care delivery. The CDC Wonder site could be utilized by nurses in a number of ways. https://wonder.cdc.gov/.Links to an external site.

For this discussion you will:

Identify one of the resources at the CDC Wonder site above and describe how a nurse might use this information in practice.

How might nurses utilizing telehealth benefit from these resources?

Address what you find innovative about the link.

Feel free to share some of your nursing innovation ideas!

 

NR451 RN Capstone

Week 8 Discussion

Reflecting on Your Nursing Destiny

Purpose

This week's graded topic relates to the following Course Outcome (CO).

CO 5: Develops a plan for continued personal and professional development through enrollment in graduate education, continuing education programs, certification attainment, professional reading and participation in professional organizations and service to the community. (PO#5)

Total Points Possible: 50

Preparing the Discussion

Reflection is an activity that involves your deep thought into your own experiences related to the concepts of the week. Answers should be detailed. In reflections, students:

Demonstrate understanding of concepts for the week

Engage in meaningful dialogue with classmates and/or instructor

Express opinions clearly and logically, in a professional manner

Use the rubric on this page as you compose your answers.

Scholarly sources are NOT required for this reflection

Best Practices include:

Participation early in the week is encouraged to stimulate meaningful discussion among classmates and instructor.

Enter the reflection often during the week to read and learn from posts.

Select different classmates for your reply each week.

 Discussion Questions

Now that each one of you is very close to completing this major accomplishment in your nursing career, please share ways you might contribute to service in your own organization and community, as well as thinking about the world as your community. Include one area from our Recommendations list in the lesson (Foundational Concepts) regarding the expanding roles of nurses. Please reflect on and address the following:

Describe ways in which your nursing practice might contribute to service within your organization and your community.

How do you think your nursing areas of interest and future professional development might impact healthcare globally?

Include your thoughts on one area from our Recommendation list in the lesson (Foundational Concepts) regarding the expanding roles of nurses.